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Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...
Monroe County had the sixth-highest opioid death rate among New York counties in 2022, at 39 deaths per 100,000 population, the most recent state data show. Overall, Monroe County had 292 opioid ...
While the nation saw a slight increase of 1% in overdose deaths last year, there were 4,915 unintentional drug overdoses in Ohio in 2022, a drop from the state's 2021 record of 5,174.
Deaths from drug overdoses are increasing. Between 2000 and 2014, fatal overdoses rose 137% in the United States, causing nearly half a million deaths in that period, [11] and have also been continually increasing in Australia, [12] Scotland, [13] [14] England, and Wales. [15]
In 2016, Weymouth recorded 40 overdose deaths, a rate of almost 70 per 100,000, more than double the current state average of 30.2 per 100,000. How race, gender and age influence opioid abuse
The prevalence of opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 within the USA was highest for non-Hispanic White, followed by Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander individuals. [154] During the first and second wave of the opioid epidemic, White American people were most affected by opioid overdose. [155]
Overdose deaths spiked 30% between 2019 and 2020 and rose another 15% between 2020 and 2021, according to the CDC. “There were extraordinary increases in 2020 and 2021 that have started to ...
Monroe had the sixth-highest opioid death rate among New York counties in 2022, at 39 deaths per 100,000 population, the most recent state data show. The highest per capita death rates were in ...